Cynthia Ross Friedman | |
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Born | Cynthia Ross 1970/1971 |
Died | 24 December 2018 (age 47) Penticton, British Columbia, Canada |
Other names | Cindy Ross Friedman |
Spouse |
Tom Friedman (m. 2007) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Manitoba |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biology |
Sub-discipline | Botany |
Institutions | Thompson Rivers University |
Main interests | Arceuthobium americanum |
Cynthia "Cindy" Ross Friedman FRSA (1970 or 1971 – 24 December 2018) was a professor in biological sciences at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[1] She was inducted into the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists in 2014[2] and as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2016.[3][4]
In a Nature Communications paper, her research group showed that the parasitic flowering plant Arceuthobium americanum (Lodegpole pine dwarf mistletoe) undergoes thermogenesis (internal heat generation) to explosively discharge its seeds.[5]
She was on national radio and television in many instances not only to discuss her team's research[6] but also to act as a spokesperson for a coalition of concerned community groups opposed to the proposed KGHM Ajax mine, a copper-gold open-pit mine project proposed to be located within 1 km of the Kamloops city boundary.[7]
Ross Friedman was also a keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who played in a Kamloops Latin ensemble called Caliente,[8] in rock bands and as a solo act.[9] Her music had been favorably reviewed in Winnipeg.[10][11][12]
Ross Friedman died on 24 December 2018 at the age of 47 from an aortic dissection.[13]